... White. Elizabeth Ammons clearly states the relation between the two as, ""The emphasis on sevens, the physical appearance of Mattie Silver, her persecutions, by which like Zeena, as well as Mattie's roll as housekeeper." (Ammons) The comparison between the two is clear in both the tales of Snow White and ... seen in Ethan Frome, "Frome was in the habit of walking into starkfield to fetch home with wife's cousin, Mattie Silver." (28) Wharton seems to have related the name Mattie Silver, to that of the fairytale character Snow White. Although Wharton's decision for the name may have been c...

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